We work to support the residents of Lakeland Village. That effort spans fund raising, support services, and legislative activities.
Our Mission
Our primary focus is to support the residents of Lakeland Village in a habilitation center that insures first-class care by providing skill development, meeting dietary/physical fitness needs, and providing medical/dental services. In addition, we seek to promote the welfare of all intellectually disabled people. We strongly support the rights of an intellectually disabled person to live where he or she chooses, be it a Residential Habilitation Center (RHC) or in the community. A viable continuum of care is necessary to meet the needs of all people with intellectual disabilities.
Why Choose an RHC?
It's important to know the facts about our RHCs
Fact 1. Less than 4% of people with a developmental disability who require state services live in a large facility called an RHC.
Fact 2. People who need RHC care cost just as much when served in the community, but the community provides fewer services.
Fact 3. Closing RHCs and moving residents causes depression, injury and death. This is called transfer trauma. It is now happening nation-wide.
Fact 4. Washington State is being impelled by community-based advocacy groups and even the federal government to close RHCs.
Fact 5. The Supreme Court Olmstead Decision states: "The ADA is not reasonably read to impel States to phase out institutions, placing patients in need of close care at risk."
Fact 6. People want the services of RHCs. For people in need of close care the RHC is the best possible treatment and residential option.
Fact 7. People with high care needs are often isolated in apartments, not free to be part of a community. Many are being deprived of the needed care of an RHC.
Fact 8. RHCs may not look like what you've been told.
A Bit of History.....
Lakeland Village is a state operated 24-hour facility that provides all facets of training, education and healthcare for approximately 210 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Originally established in 1914, the facility is now home to 72 Nursing Facility residents and 79 Intermediate Care Facility residents. The facility's purpose is to provide appropriate, comprehensive, functional assessments, individualized plans of care, quality services that meet individual needs, honor human and legal rights, and promote independence and self-management in personalized home-like environments.